Multi-core fiber technology for optical-access and short-range links

Author

Yong Lee ; Tanaka, Kiyoshi ; Nomoto, Etsuko ; Arimoto, Hideo ; Sugawara, Toshiki

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Central Res. Lab., Hitachi, Ltd., Kokubunji, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

27-29 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

To provide high-capacity/high-reliability optical-access and short-range links, a novel failure-recovery system utilizing protection optical switch units and multi-core fibers was developed. Configuring the proposed failure-recovery system, the developed multi-core fiber (MCF) connection technology (i.e., fan-in/-out modules and MCF connectors) and a protection optical-switch unit experimentally demonstrated automatic impairment-aware optical-switching.

Keywords

failure analysis; optical fibre communication; optical switches; telecommunication network reliability; MCF connection technology; automatic impairment-aware optical-switching; failure-recovery system; high-capacity-high-reliability optical-access; multicore fiber technology; protection optical switch units; short-range links; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; MCF connector; fan-in/-out module; multi-core fiber; protection-optical switch unit; redundancy; spatial division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Internet 2014 (COIN), 2014 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jeju

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COIN.2014.6950583

Filename

6950583